> My experience is limited to talking to people, I’m unaware if any polling was done, but I don’t believe this is supported by low income of minority communities.

>A populations support of X is mostly irrelevant to whether X is beneficial.

My experience is limited to talking to people, I’m unaware if any polling was done, but I don’t believe this is supported by low income of minority communities. The only people I’ve spoken with who support the bike lanes are white and considerably more wealthy than most in the south side.

Aka if you don't go you'll get honked at and flipped off, but if you do you'll get t-boned.

>You know that nobody actually reads your shit right

I feel like I'm talking to an elementary school bully.

But if you go, there will be double.

Stop and go traffic.

I need to research it more unfortunately, I feel unequipped to give any strong opinions or thoughts :( At a surface level, it appears super shitty, I need to dive in more.

Nah, there is no excuse. Always stand with labor. But that's the difference between actual socialists and these spineless social democrats.

> when they’ve admitted in the past to not giving two shits what the neighborhood residents think.

Why should more vocal, wealthy residents dictate what the rest of the community should do? You bet your ass students and low income workers are too busy to attend meetings or send emails to voice their support for it.

> The bike lanes are an overwhelmingly unpopular vanity project by an outgoing administration.

I don't mind an org that pushes for progress, especially in a state where its people are seemingly hellbent on staying the same and stuck in their ways.

>While they maybe popular on the subreddit the Broad St bike lane sees little use and it increased congestion considerably.

People are still accustomed to cars. Over time, as we increase non-car infrastructure, congestion will go down as people pick up bikes, public transit, and walking.

>It’s not just businesses who dislike the bike paths despite what many seem to believe.

It kind of is along with older, wealthy people. Most young people, students, low income, and minorities are pretty much in favor of it. But, who cares? A populations support of X is mostly irrelevant to whether X is beneficial.

If it was based purely on support, we'd likely still be a few centuries behind... would we even have cars? What about locally, the pedestrian bridge? Wind turbines? Everyone I talked to about that was against those. Even the Blackstone path and bike lane was shit on but now look at how successful it was.

Ultimately, we need to look at the evidence, and it quite clearly says what the right thing to do is. We need an administration to consult and listen to the the experts and move with their recommendations.

Came here to say this. Most people and businesses are against widespread installation of bike lanes. A very vocal minority of people in online forums shouldn’t dictate this sort of policy, especially when they’ve admitted in the past to not giving two shits what the neighborhood residents think.

After the rail worker shit, I understand... as a progressive, I'm like, WTF? At the same time, there were several statements released by the progressive democrats essentially saying their hands were tied and that "it was complicated." Many of them voted for sick days but it was dismissed. I still think the progressive democrats are doing pretty damn good work though, still, the rail union was fucked.

I'm an aerial straps artist, one of the biggest reasons for being in Providence is the closeness to Boston without paying Boston rent. I appreciate the RI name drops of some places I can familiarize myself with to make new aerial friends.

It seemed to me that the alignment on the left traffic light was out of whack, assuming wind or something like that. There’s no reason for there to be a light facing to the right in this picture, as it’s a one way in the opposite direction.

You know that nobody actually reads your shit right

Tbf there is no left here. Bernie, AOC, etc are centrists. They can't even back up the rail workers ffs

>Moderate is a euphemism for right wing, always

Trying not to go down a huge rabbit hole about liberal vs. democrat vs. progressive, right wing vs. modern conservative, etc...

I personally call him a moderate democrat because he isn't a progressive one. He isn't going to do stupid shit like ban gay marriage or abortion, but he likely won't fight for green energy, public transportation, income equality, etc. He's likely to side with businesses and developers.

If he was in congress, he isn't going to side with AOC or Bernie, he'd likely vote like Manchin. Overall, not much progress or change will happen, it's likely to be a slow 4 years.

It's to the left of the flower shop, in a yellow garbage looking bin!

If you stay, there'll be trouble.

I’ll definitely think about it. thanks for the info!

ooh wow i never noticed that. I’ll have to check it out

The bike lanes are an overwhelmingly unpopular vanity project by an outgoing administration. While they maybe popular on the subreddit the Broad St bike lane sees little use and it increased congestion considerably. It’s not just businesses who dislike the bike paths despite what many seem to believe.

Moderate is a euphemism for right wing, always

The article contains facts and opinions. You're apparently not disputing the facts. Do you disagree with the opinions?

Evidence? As I said, all of the recent violence has been in the news.

Let's also not forget about the circa 2019 John Hopkins study which put Providence schools among the very worst in the nation and comparable to Baltimore and the South Bronx. There's a reason for that. You simply can't learn in an environment dominated by fear and violence.

I find the membership worth it if you’re planning to live here for years to come, it’s like $150 for life and you get two 5% off deals per month + compost access. Worth looking into if that’s your thing!